bluer 音标拼音: [bl'uɚ]
蓝的,忧郁的,青色,蓝色(比较级)
蓝的,忧郁的,青色,蓝色(比较级)
Blue \
Blue \ (
bl [=
u ]),
a . [
Compar . {
Bluer } (
bl [=
u ]"[~
e ]
r );
superl . {
Bluest }.] [
OE .
bla ,
blo ,
blew ,
blue ,
livid ,
black ,
fr .
Icel .
bl [=
a ]
r livid ;
akin to Dan .
blaa blue ,
Sw .
bl [*
a ],
D .
blauw ,
OHG .
bl [=
a ]
o ,
G .
blau ;
but influenced in form by F .
bleu ,
from OHG .
bl [=
a ]
o .]
1 .
Having the color of the clear sky ,
or a hue resembling it ,
whether lighter or darker ;
as ,
the deep ,
blue sea ;
as blue as a sapphire ;
blue violets . "
The blue firmament ."
--
Milton .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Pale ,
without redness or glare , --
said of a flame ;
hence ,
of the color of burning brimstone ,
betokening the presence of ghosts or devils ;
as ,
the candle burns blue ;
the air was blue with oaths .
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3 .
Low in spirits ;
melancholy ;
as ,
to feel blue .
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4 .
Suited to produce low spirits ;
gloomy in prospect ;
as ,
thongs looked blue . [
Colloq .]
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5 .
Severe or over strict in morals ;
gloom ;
as ,
blue and sour religionists ;
suiting one who is over strict in morals ;
inculcating an impracticable ,
severe ,
or gloomy mortality ;
as ,
blue laws .
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6 .
Literary ; --
applied to women ; --
an abbreviation of {
bluestocking }. [
Colloq .]
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The ladies were very blue and well informed .
--
Thackeray .
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{
Blue asbestus }.
See {
Crocidolite }.
{
Blue black },
of ,
or having ,
a very dark blue color ,
almost black .
{
Blue blood }.
See under {
Blood }.
{
Blue buck } (
Zool .),
a small South African antelope ({
Cephalophus pygm [
ae ]
us });
also applied to a larger species ({[
AE ]
goceras leucoph [
ae ]
us });
the blaubok .
{
Blue cod } (
Zool .),
the buffalo cod .
{
Blue crab } (
Zool .),
the common edible crab of the Atlantic coast of the United States ({
Callinectes hastatus }).
{
Blue curls } (
Bot .),
a common plant ({
Trichostema dichotomum }),
resembling pennyroyal ,
and hence called also {
bastard pennyroyal }.
{
Blue devils },
apparitions supposed to be seen by persons suffering with {
delirium tremens };
hence ,
very low spirits . "
Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils ,
or lay them all in a red sea of claret ?" --
Thackeray .
{
Blue gage }.
See under {
Gage },
a plum .
{
Blue gum },
an Australian myrtaceous tree ({
Eucalyptus globulus }),
of the loftiest proportions ,
now cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber ,
and as a protection against malaria .
The essential oil is beginning to be used in medicine .
The timber is very useful .
See {
Eucalyptus }.
{
Blue jack }, {
Blue stone },
blue vitriol ;
sulphate of copper .
{
Blue jacket },
a man -
of war '
s man ;
a sailor wearing a naval uniform .
{
Blue jaundice }.
See under {
Jaundice }.
{
Blue laws },
a name first used in the eighteenth century to describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor reported to have been enacted in New Haven ;
hence ,
any puritanical laws . [
U .
S .]
{
Blue light },
a composition which burns with a brilliant blue flame ; --
used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at sea ,
and in military operations .
{
Blue mantle } (
Her .),
one of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms ; --
so called from the color of his official robes .
{
Blue mass },
a preparation of mercury from which is formed the blue pill . --
McElrath .
{
Blue mold }
or {
Blue mould },
the blue fungus ({
Aspergillus glaucus })
which grows on cheese . --
Brande &
C .
{
Blue Monday },
(
a )
a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation ,
or itself given to dissipation (
as the Monday before Lent ).
(
b )
a Monday considered as depressing because it is a workday in contrast to the relaxation of the weekend .
{
Blue ointment } (
Med .),
mercurial ointment .
{
Blue Peter } (
British Marine ),
a blue flag with a white square in the center ,
used as a signal for sailing ,
to recall boats ,
etc .
It is a corruption of blue repeater ,
one of the British signal flags .
{
Blue pill }. (
Med .)
(
a )
A pill of prepared mercury ,
used as an aperient ,
etc .
(
b )
Blue mass .
{
Blue ribbon }.
(
a )
The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter ;
--
hence ,
a member of that order .
(
b )
Anything the attainment of which is an object of great ambition ;
a distinction ;
a prize . "
These [
scholarships ]
were the --
blue ribbon of the college ."
--
Farrar .
(
c )
The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total abstinence organizations ,
as of the --
Blue ribbon Army .
{
Blue ruin },
utter ruin ;
also ,
gin . [
Eng .
Slang ] --
Carlyle .
{
Blue spar } (
Min .),
azure spar ;
lazulite .
See {
Lazulite }.
{
Blue thrush } (
Zool .),
a European and Asiatic thrush ({
Petrocossyphus cyaneas }).
{
Blue verditer }.
See {
Verditer }.
{
Blue vitriol } (
Chem .),
sulphate of copper ,
a violet blue crystallized salt ,
used in electric batteries ,
calico printing ,
etc .
{
Blue water },
the open ocean .
{
Big Blue },
the International Business Machines corporation .
[
Wall Street slang .]
PJC {
To look blue },
to look disheartened or dejected .
{
True blue },
genuine and thorough ;
not modified ,
nor mixed ;
not spurious ;
specifically ,
of uncompromising Presbyterianism ,
blue being the color adopted by the Covenanters .
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1913 Webster ]
For his religion . . .
'
T was Presbyterian ,
true blue . --
Hudibras .
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